C9 Entertainment


C9 Entertainment is a South Korean entertainment agency founded in 2012 by Kim Dae-soon. The company operates as a record label, talent agency, music production company and event management.
The company was a subsidiary of Claire's Korea, parent company of Cloud9, Guerisson, and Lensnine.
The company is home to artists including Younha, Juniel, Doko, CIX and Cignature. It also manages a notable trainee from Produce X 101, Geum Dong-hyun.

History

In 2012, C9 was previously founded as a one-man agency of singer Younha named Wealive and later the one-man agency signed a partnership with hip-hop label Alive. In July 2015, Wealive-Alive merged with indie label Realive and then officially launched their company, C9 Entertainment.
In 2016, C9 Entertainment merged with GG Entertainment which manages Eugene, Lee See Eun, and Jung Ui Chul. They also signed partnership with Benq Korea on their gaming brand, Zowie. In the same year, soloist Juniel signed C9 Entertainment.
In March 2017, C9 moved their office from Gangnam to a new building in Mapo.
In August 2017, C9 Entertainment debuted their first girl group Good Day. All the members was previously introduced to media during 2016 C9's trainees showcase.
On November 2, 2018, CI Entertainment's CEO had acquired 100 percent stake in C9. But, they still operate separately and CI Ent moved their office as same building as C9 Entertainment.
In January 2019, SG Wannabe member Lee Seok-hoon signed with C9.
On July 23, 2019, C9 debuted their five-member boy group CIX.
In November 2019, C9 began promoting their upcoming girl group C9 Girlz and announced its first member, Jeewon, originally part of Good Day. Former Good Day members Chaesol, Sunn, Belle, YeAh and trainee Seline, Semi were also introduced as members of the group. On January 14, 2020, the 7-member C9 Girlz's official group name is revealed to be "cignature" and will be managed by C9 Entertainment's new music label, J9 Entertainment.

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